"When I count the number of spots on a deck of cards, I find 365…" Hmmm. What counts as a "spot"? If you count the number of spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs in the MIDDLE of each of the cards Ace through Ten, then EACH SUIT has 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 = 55 spots, and ALL 4 SUITS have 55 x 4 = 220 spots. If you count the "spots" that occur in the upper left corner and the lower right corner of each card, then you have 52 x 2 additional spots, or a total of 324 spots. This leaves 41 spots unaccounted for. So I assume he must be counting the spots that appear in the pictures of the face cards. Now I believe these designs are copyrighted and vary somewhat according to the manufacturer. But since each card is symmetrical, top to bottom, the number of spots must be even. To come up with an odd number, he might be counting one joker. The design of the joker also varies, and is not always symmetrical. But why would a joker have any spots at all? I would think a joker should have either 4 spots (spade, heart, diamond and club) or none, since it doesn't belong to any suit. Also, the design of the Ace of Spades varies, and might contain a logo, so you might come up with an odd number there. (I mean, there might be an odd spot in addition to the ones I have already counted.)

That's as far as I can go without an actual deck of cards to look at. So do you think there is any way to actually come up with 365, or is the soldier BS-ing about this as much as everything else?